29.06.2025

SpaceX completes 60th Starlink flight of 2025

SpaceX completed its second of two planned Saturday Falcon 9 rocket launches with the second lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

It launched 26 more Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit, adding to a constellation nearly 8,000 strong. The Starlink 15-7 mission took off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 10:13 a.m. PDT (1:13 p.m. EDT, 1713 UTC).

The Falcon 9 first stage booster used on this mission had the tail number B1088 and flew for an eighth time. It’s previous launches included NASA’s SPHEREx, two missions for the National Reconnaissance Office and the Transporter-12 ride share mission.

A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1088 landed on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ This was the 139th touchdown on this vessel and the 470th booster landing to date.

Quelle: SN